DFES Guidance to Schools and Childrens services on Planning for a human Influenza (flu) Pandemic

The main planning guidance on this website was produced by the then Department for Education and Skills in mid 2006, This guidance aims to encourage and support schools and children’s services in planning for a human influenza (flu) pandemic. It provides brief background on pandemic flu and its implications for schools and children’s services. It explains the role of central Government and of local arrangements for responding to a pandemic. The guidance reminds all those responsible for planning or managing services that they should plan for pandemic flu as part of their normal planning for responding to any emergency – known as ‘business continuity’ planning (or some will know it as ‘emergency response planning’). It explains why, for child welfare reasons, schools and childcare might be an exception to the general ‘business as normal’ message that underpins Government guidance to other